Doll eyes



J. H. WILHELM ETAL 2,984,936

DOLL EYES May 23, 1961 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 26, 1958 ll i "/8 Ll l 5'1 80 :2 I #8 INVENTORS ,Vmvvzv I44 S41v0 dam MAM 54M ATTORNEY y 1951 J. H. WlLHELM ETAL 2,984,936

DOLL EYES Filed Dec. 26, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR AVAQVEY l/V- 4M0 da /v 14 MAHE'LM y 1961 J. H. WILHELM ETAL 2,984,936

DOLL EYES Filed Dec. 26, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY United States Patent DOLL EYES John H. Wilhelm, Newark, and Harvey W. Samo, Ba-

yonne, N.J., assignors to Margon Corporation, Newark, NJ., a corporation of New Jersey Filed Dec. 26, 1958, Ser. No. 783,043

6 Claims. (Cl. 46-166) The present invention relates generally to eyes for dolls and, more particularly, to eyes constructed to provide both sleeping and rolling movements.

In Patent No. 2,777,250, issued on January 15, 1957, to Harvey W. Samo et al. for Dolls Eyes, and assigned to the assignee herein, there is disclosed a dolls eye of the sleeping-rolling type, and one important object of the present invention is the provision of improvements in a dolls eye of this general type. However the invention is not limited to such a dolls eye but is applicable to dolls eyes of the rolling or lateral-moving type generally. In a dolls eye of the aforenoted character, the eyeball member may oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member or dolls head for the rolling movement. A more particular aim and object of the present invention is the provision of means for centering of the eyeball member with respect to the eyelid member or dolls head at a predetermined centralized position so that both eyes of a doll having such eyes will be uniformly centralized with the doll in an upright position. Pursuant to this object of the present invention, the eyeball member is permitted to oscillate or laterally roll in the manner of the above referred to patent, while at the same time being self-centering or self-indexing in a centralized position with the dolls eye in an upright disposition.

Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of a generally improved dolls eye of the sleepingrolling type.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation view, partly in section, showing the eye assembly of the present invention mounted in a housing, which in turn is mounted in an eye socket of a flexible dolls head;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the eye assembly taken on the line 22 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the eye assembly shown mounted in a fragmentary portion of the housing;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the eyeball member in a rolled or laterally oscillated position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed plan view showing the upper pivotal connection of the eyeball and eyelid members;

Fig. 6 is a rear perspective view of the eyelid member;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the upper part of the eyeball member and its mounting bracket;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 9--9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detailed plan view showing the lower pivotal connection between the eyeball and eyelid members, with the eyeball member in a laterally oscillated position;

Patented May 23, 1961 Fig. 1 1 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the upper pivotal connection between the eyeball and eyelid members;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view showing the upper pivotal connection between the eyeball and eyelid members pursuant to a modified form of the present invention;

Fig. 13 is a view corresponding to Fig. 12 showing another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken on the line 1414 of Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken on the line 1515 of Fig. 14;

Fig. 16 is a view corresponding to Fig. 12 pursuant to still another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 17 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the upper pivotal connection between the eyeball and eyelid members pursuant to yet another form of the present invention; and

Fig. 18 is a fragmentary top plan view looking in the direction of arrow 18 of Fig. 17.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. l-7 thereof, there is shown a dolls eye assembly 10 of the sleeping-rolling type which is mounted in a housing 12, which is shown mounted in an eye socket S of dolls head H in Fig. 1. The enclosed eye assembly is of the individual or unitary type, which is adapted for use in doll heads of flexible material, such as plastisol, which is formed by rotational molding, or in any other suitable manner. The socket S is totally enclosed, except for the front eye opening 0, and the enclosed eye assembly is push-inserted into the socket S through the opening 0. The housing 12 is formed of two parts 14 and 16 which are telescopically assembled to enclose the eye assembly, said housing being of any suitable design and construction with the housing illustrated being of the type disclosed in Patent No. 2,828,581, issued on April 1, 1958, to R. I. Prupis for Movable Doll Eye, said patent being assigned to the assignee herein. The eye assembly 10 is pivotally mounted in the housing 12 in the manner to be described in detail below. It will be understood that the doll head is provided with a pair of eye sockets S for receiving a pair of enclosed eye assemblies of the type herein described.

The eye assembly 10 comprises an eyelid member 18 and an eyeball member 20, the eyelid member preferably being provided with a lash 22, which may be integrally molded with the eyelid member, or may be formed of filamentary material, or the like. The eyelid and eyeball members have front spherical surfaces 24 and 26, respectively, which have substantially the same radius of curvature and define a substantially continuous spherical surface broken by a split line 28 where the two members abut each other. The eyeball member is provided with a lens 30, including pupil and iris portions 32 and 34, respectively, said lens being of any suitable type and construction with the lens illustrated being frusto-conical and of the type shown in Patent No. 2,657,500, issued on November 3, 1953, to H. W. Samolewitz and assigned to the assignee herein. The eyeball member includes a weight W extending at the rear thereof which provides for the sleeping-rolling action to be described. The eyeball and eyelid members are pivotally interconnected about vertical spaced bearing points or pivotal connections A and B defining a rearwardly inclined axis and the eyelid member is provided with a horizontal pivot axis so that the force of gravity upon the weight W will cause the members to oscillate in unison about the horizontal pivot axis to supply the sleeping movement when the eye assembly is moved from an upright to a horizontal position, with the same weight causing the eyeball member to oscillate later- 3 ally with respect to the eyelid member about said rearwardly inclined axis.

The eyeball and eyelid members are divided on an approximately diametric plane along the plane of the split line'28. The eyelid member 18 is preferably integrally molded of a suitable plastic material and the spherical surface 24 is flesh colored in any suitable manner to simulate an eyelid. In the illustrated embodiment the member 18 is molded of a dark plastic material to provide the desired dark background for the lens 30. With reference to Fig. .6 the eyelid member is of hollow construction having laterally spaced upper and lower planar walls 36 and 38, respectively, which are interconnected by the spherical wall 40 which defines surface M. The eyelid member is provided with an aligned pair of projecting trunnions 42 which define the horizontal pivot axis of the assembly. The trunnions are received in companion bearing openings 44 of the housing 12 for pivotally mounting the assembly therein for the sleeping movement thereof. The eyelid member is also provided with upper and lower aligned trunnions 46 and 48, respectively, which define the aforereferred to rearwardly inclined axis about which the eyeball member may oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member. The lower trunnion 48 is braced with respect to the wall 38 by means of the ribs 50 which are integrally united with said bottom wall and trunnion. The trunnions 46 and 48 are received in companion bearing openings 52 and 54, respectively, of the eyeball member 20.

Pursuant to the present invention, the trunnion 46 and its companion bearing opening 52 are formed to provide for the centering of the eyeball member with respect to the eyelid member at a predetermined centralized position in the manner to be described in detail hereinafter. The eyeball member is preferably of integrally molded plastics construction, and is provided with a bracket 56 which forms the upper pivotal connection A between the eyeball and eyelid members. 'More particularly, the bracket 56 comprises laterally spaced opposite parallel portions 58 ancl 60' interconnected by the inclined connecting portion 62. The portion 60 is secured to the top of the weight W. Portion 60 is provided with an opposite pair of notches 64 which are interengaged with upstanding portions 66 of weight W, said portions 66 having marginal edge portions 68 thereof overlying companion edges of portion 60 to retain the bracket 56 in assembled relation with the eyeball member. In eflecL'the eyeball member is suspended from the eyelid member by means of the bracket 56. The trunnion 48 is of circular configuration and seats in a complementary formed bearing opening 54,

the trunnion being spaced from the bottom wall of the opening 54 to minimize friction thereat.

As best shown in Figs. 3-5, the trunnion 46 and companion bearing opening 52 are provided with a pair of approximately complementary walls 70 and 72, respectively, having interengaging portions. The trunnion 46 is constituted by an integrally molded portion of the eyelid member and upstands from a medial portion of the wall 36 adjacent edge 37 thereof. The trunnion 46 comprises opposite parallel side walls 74 and 76 having continuing side wall portions 78 and 80, respectively, which converge to a rounded apex 82. The wall 70 comprises a base wall 84 and diverging sidewalls 86 and 88 which smoothly merge with the side walls 74 and 76, respectively, at the curved portions 90 and 92, the latter defining laterally spaced pivots for the eyeball member. The bearing opening 52 includes rounded bearing portions 94 and 96 which are formed complementary to the curved bearing portions 90 and 92, respectively, for interengagement therewith in the laterally centralized position of the eyeball member. The spacing of the pivots 90 and 92 and their companion bearing portions determines the angle of tilt required of the eye assembly before the lateral rolling or oscillation commences, the wider the spacing the greater the angle of tilt required before such oscillation commences. The eyeball member is self-centering or self-indexing in a centralized position, which is the position of interengagement of the complementary portions and 92 with portions 94 and 96, respectively, so that both eyes of a doll having such eyes will be uniformly centralized with a doll in an upright position. This selfcentering or self-indexing feature provides a degree of latitude to compensate for misorientation of the eyes in the setting of the same in the eye sockets of the doll head. The eyeball member may oscillate or laterally roll about the rearwardly inclined axis defined by connections A and B, from the centralized position, about the laterally spaced pivots 90 and 92. In one direction of lateral movement of the eyeball member as shown in Fig. 4, the eyeball member will pivot about the pivot portion 9a, it being apparent that the eyeball memberwill pivot about its pivot portion '92 on the tilting of the eye assembly in the opposite direction. In effect, the eyeball member will have a tendency to centralize itself so that when the head is inthe upright position, or approximately so, both eye assemblies will centralize themselves. On deliberate tilting movement of the dollhead, the eye assemblies will tilt sidewardly from an upright position in a corresponding direction so that the play value of the doll including such sleeping-rolling eyes is in no wise adversely alfected by the aforedescribed provision for indexing the eyes at a predetermined centralized position. The rolling movement of the eyeball member is limited by the interengagement of the corner portions 100 and 102 of the eyeball member with the diametrically opposite corner portions 104 and 106, respectively, of the eyelid member. In one maximum rolled position of the eyeball member the wall 78 will be disposed parallel to its companion wall 168 of the bearing opening 52 as shown in Fig. 4, and in the opposite maximum rolled position wall 80 will be disposed parallel to companion wall .110. It will be understood that the beating opening is dimensioned to provide the requisite clearance for pivotal movement of the eyeball member, said bearing opening further including side wall portions 112 and 114 which converge to and smoothly merge with the bearing portions 94 and 96, respectively. The wall 72 is thus constituted .by portions 94 and 96 and the base wall 95 extending 'therebetween. The hearing opening 52 further includes an opposite base wall 116 which smoothly merges with the side wall portions 108 and at the rounded corner portions 118. The apex '82 of the trunnion 46 is spaced from the base wall 116 'tolpr'ovide clearance, and said apex. will be disposed adjacent to a corner portion11 8 of the bearing opening in the maximum rolled pOsition of the eyeball member.

The front spherical surface '26 of the eyeball member, outside of the lens 30, is colored white in any suitable manner so as to simulate the eyeball of the eye. The eyeball and eyelid members collectively define an assembly which is slightly greater than hemispherical and the weight W is formed by an integral extension of the eyeball member, said weight portion smoothly merging with the spherical surface 26. f

vUpstanding from the wall .36 of the eyelid member adjacent edge 37 are a pair of integral stops 128 which are spaced equidistant from the trunnion 46, said stops serving to limit the pivotal movement of the eyeball and eyelid members about the trunnions 42 defining the horizontal pivot axis in a sleeping direction by engagement with the front housing member 14, the movement of the eyeball and eyelid assemblies in the opposite, or eye opening, direction being limited'by the engagement of an edge portion 122 of the eyelid member with the .fiange 124 which is struck inwardly of thefront housing member 14. If desired, the stops may bezdisposed for engagement with the'bracke't 56 to limit the rolling movement of the eyeballmember at oppositejextreme positions. The rolling movement is sensitive and incremental, except at the aforereferred to predetermined centralized position, where the sensitivity has been lessened as described above so as to assure proper eye-centralization at an upright or substantially upright position of the doll head.

With reference to Figs. 8-1 1, which is the presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is shown an eye assembly 130 which is generally similar to the eye assembly '10, and differs therefrom in the respects to be described in detail hereinafter. The eye assembly 130 comprises eyelid member 132 and eyeball member 134 which are interconnected along a rearwardly inclined pivotal axis which is constituted by trunnion 136 and 138 of the eyelid member arranged in bearing openings 140 and 142, respectively, of the eyeball member, The wall 36 of the eyelid member is provided with a bearing collar 144 upon which the eyeball is suspended through the intermediation of the bracket 56'. The trunnion 136 and its companion bearing 140 are formed complementary to each other and are of circular configuration. The lower trunnion 138 and its companion bearing opening 142 generally correspond to the trunnion 46 and bearing opening 52 of the previous embodiment to provide the aforedescribed centering of the eyeball member with respect to the eyelid member.

More particularly, the trunnion 138, which is integrally formed with the eyelid member 132, comprises curved pivot portions 146 and 148 which smoothly merge with the arcuate base wall portion 150. The trunnion 138 further includes opposite parallel side walls 152 and 154 and continuing side wall portions 156 and 158, respectively, the latter converging to the pointed apex 160. The bearing opening 142 includes curved bearing portions 162 and 164 which are formed complementary to the bearing portions 146 and 148, respectively, of trunnion 138 for coaction therewith. The curved portions 162 and 164 have an arcuate interconnecting wall 166 which is formed complementary to companion wall 150 of the trunnion so as to seat therewith in the centralized position of the eyeball member as shown in Fig. 9. In this centralized position the companion portions 146, 162 and 148, 164 are interengaged in mating relation for indexing the eyeball member in its centralized position. In Fig. the eyeball member is shown laterally rolled about pivot portion 146 to one extreme rolled position, it being understod that the eyeball member may be laterally rolled in the opposite direction about pivot portion 148.

The bearing opening is provided with side wall portions 168 and 170 which diverge from the bearing portions 162 and 164, respectively, to the side wall portions 172 and 174, respectively, the latter in turn converging to the base wall 176. In one maximum rolled position of the eyeball member (Fig. 10) the side Wall portions 168, 172 of the bearing opening mate with complementary side wall portions 154, 158 of the trunnion, and, similarly, in the opposite maximum rolled position the side wall portions i152, 156 of the trunnion mate with complementary side wall portions 170, 174 of the bearing opening. One important advantage of the instant construction is the placing of the centering or central indexing provision at the lower pivot of the rearwardly inclined pivotal axis, where the friction between the trunnion and its companion bearing opening is minimized as compared to the upper pivot due to the fact that the latter supports the weight of the eyeball assembly. Expressed differently, both upper and lower pivots are subject to rolling friction, but since the eyeball assembly is suspended from its bracket 56' at the upper pivot, the latter is subjected to friction resulting from the downward thrust of the bracket against the collar 144, and it is this latter friction component which is not present at the lower pivot so as to minimize friction thereat. The upper pivot is a single pivot whereas the lower pivot is constituted by a double pivot which alternately operates in two dilferent arcs and thus the downward thrust in this embodiment is confined to a smaller torque arm at the single pivot. As previously cause both the eyelid and eyeball members to oscillate in unison about a horizontal pivotal axis to supply sleeping movement when the assembly is moved from an upright to a horizontal position, and the same weight will cause the eyeball member to oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member from a predetermined centralized position defined by the interengagement of portions 146 and 148 with their companion bearing portions 162 and 164, respectively, for the rolling movement when the assembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position. It will be understood that, if desired, the specific configuration of trunnion 46 and its companion bearing opening may be used at the lower pivotal mounting of the eyeball and eyelid members of eye assembly 130. The bearing opening 142 is defined in a thickened wall portion 178 at the base of the eyeball member forwardly of the weight W thereof, the bearing opening being closed at the bottom thereof as indicated at 180. The trunnion 138 is spaced from wall 180 to provide the desired clearance thereat.

With reference to Fig. 12, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention which relates to the manner of interconnection of. the eyeball and eyelid members at the upper pivot. In this embodiment there is provided an upper trunnion 182 which is of triangular configuration, having triangularly arranged surfaces 184, 186 and 188, the latter surface having a central shallow dished-out portion 190. The trunnion 182 is provided with laterally spacedpivots 192 and 194 defined at the intersections of walls 186 and 188 and 184 and 188, re spectively. The bracket 56" of the eyeball assembly is provided with a rectilinear bearing opening 194 companion to the trunnion 182, said bearing opening having laterally spaced side Walls 196 and 198 connected by an opposite pair of end walls 200 and 202. In the centralized position of the eyeball assembly, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 12, the wall 188 of the trunnion outwardly of the portion 190 thereof is in engagement with companion wall 196 of the bearing opening, the eyeball portion being laterally movable about pivots 192 and 194 for the rolling movement. In broken lines in Fig. 12, the bracket 56" has been shown in a maximum rolled position about pivot 194, it being understood that said bracket is laterally movable in an opposite direction about the opposite pivot 192. In the opposite maximum rolled positions the walls 184 and 186 are preferably spaced from their companion walls 202 and 200, respectively, to pro vide requisite clearance thereat, thereby minimizing frictional contact.

With reference to Figs. 13-15, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention relating to a modified form of mounting of the eyeball member to the eyelid member at the upper pivotal connection. In this embodiment the upper cylindrical trunnion 204 of the eyedescribed, the force of gravity upon the weight W will u lid member extends from an enlarged diameter base portion 206 so as to define a peripherally extending shoulder 208 therebetween. The shoulder portion 208 is provided with a cam surface 210 at one side thereof, said cam surface gradually ascending in depth from terminal edges 212 and 214 of the cam surface to median point 216 of maximum depth. The cam surface 210 extends for approximately degrees in the illustrated embodiment and is symmetrically formed with respect to median point 216.

The bracket 56" of the eyeball member is provided with an integral down-struck portion 218 which rides on the cam surface 210 in the manner of a cam-follower. Thus the contact between the bracket and the eyelid member is localized between portion 218 and the cam surface 210. As will be observed in Figs. 14 and 15, the bracket except for portion 218 is spaced slightly from shoulder 208, thereby minimizing frictional co'ntact between the bracket and its mounting. In the centralized position of the bracket, the portion 218 will be disposed centrally of cam surface 210 at 216, and as the eye as- 7 sembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position the portion 218 will ride up a corresponding side of the cam surface 210. Thus the coaction between the portion 218 and its companion cam surface 210 will provide a biasing influence to centralize the eyeball member without impairing normal rolling movement thereof as the eye assembly is laterally tilted. It will be noted that the contact surface of the portion 218 is smoothly contoured or rounded for coaction with its companion cam surface 210.

In Fig. 16 still another modified form of mounting of the eyeball and eyelid members at the upper pivotal connection is shown. Pursuant to this embodiment, the eyelid member is provided with a laterally spaced and aligned pair of preferably integral pivots 220, 220' which upstand from the wall 36 of the eyelid member. The bracket 56"" is provided with a terminal end portion 222 which is shaped and dimensioned to coact with the pivots 220, 220' to provide for centering of the eyeball member and rolling movement thereof. More particularly, the portion 222 is cut away at opposite sides thereof, as indicated at 224 and 226, to define laterally spaced side wall portions 228 and 230 which diverge towards companion continuing wall portions 232 and 234, respectively. In the centralized position of the eyeball member the wall portions 232 and 234 of the bracket seat against pivots 220 and 220, respectively, as shown in Fig. 16, and said bracket is pivotally movable about one of the pivots 220, 220' for the rolling movement of the eyeball member, the walls 228 and 230 being inclined to provide requisite clearance for said rolling movement.

With reference to Figs. 17 and 18, there is shown another embodiment of the present invention relating to yet another modified arrangement for pivotally connecting the eyeball and eyelid members at the upper pivot. In this embodiment the bracket 56 is provided with a hook-shaped terminal end 236 which depends at right angles to the wall portion 238 of the bracket. The terminal end 236 is provided with an inner surface 240 which is disposed in surface-to-surface engagement with the companion surface 242 of the bearing opening 244 in the centralized position of the eyeball member. The bearing the rolling movement of the eyeball member. The wall portion 238 of the bracket rests on the support 260 upstanding from the rear edge of wall 36" of the eyelid member.

It will be understood that the various features aforedescribed with reference to the several embodiments disclosed herein may be utilized individually or combined in any of such embodiments in any desired manner.

It is believed that the construction and operation of the eye assembly, as well as the advantages thereof, will be apparent from the foregoing detailed description. It will also be apparent that while We have shown and described our invention in its preferred form, changes may be made in the structure disclosed, Without departing from the scope of the invention, as sought to be defined in the following claims.

. We claim:

1. A dolls eye assembly of the sleeping-rolling type comprising an eyelid member, and an eyeball member having lens structure including an iris and pupil, the front peripheral surfaces of said members having substantially the same radius of curvature and defining a substantially continuous spherical surface broken by a split line where the two members abut each other, horizontal pivot means for said eyelid member, means pivotally interconnecting said members so' that the latter oscillate in unisonabout said horizontal pivot means to supply the sleeping movement and the eyeball member may oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member from a predetermined centralized position for the rolling movement, said latter means including vertically spaced bearing points, and means disposed at one of said bearing points providing for the centering of said eyeball member with respect to said eyelid member at said predetermined position comprising a pair of complementary interengaging surfaces on said eyeball and eyelid members, respectively, provided with laterally spaced pivots, the eyeball member oscillating laterally with respect to said eyelid member in one direction about one of said pivots and in the opposite direction about the other of said pivots.

2. A dolls eye assembly of the sleeping-rolling type comprising an eyelid member, and an eyeball member having lens structure including an iris and pupil, the front peripheral surfaces of said members having substantially the same radius of curvature and defining a substantially continuous spherical surface broken by a split line where the two members abut each other, horizontal pivot means for said eyelid member, said eyeball member being provided with a weight, means interconnecting said members for pivotal movement about vertically spaced bearing points defining a rearwardly inclined axis so that the force of gravity upon said weight will cause both members to oscillate in unison about said horizontal pivot means to supply the sleeping movement when the assembly is moved from an upright to a horizontal position and the same weight will cause the eyeball member to oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member from a predetermined centralized position for the rolling movement when the assembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position, and means disposed at one of said bearing points for centering said eyeball member with respect to said eyelid member at said predetermined position, comprising a pair of complementary 'interengaging surfaces on said eyeball and eyelid members, respectively, provided with laterally spaced pivots, the eyeball member oscillating laterally with respect to said eyelid mem her in one direction about one of said pivots and in the opposite direction about the other of said pivots.

3. A dolls eye assembly of the sleeping-rolling type comprising an eyelid member, and an eyeball member having lens structure including an iris and pupil, the front peripheral surfaces of said members having substantially the same radius of curvature and defining a substantially continuous spherical surface broken by a split line where the two members abut each other, horizontal pivot means for said eyelid member, said eyeball member being provided with a weight, means interconnecting said members for pivotal movement about vertically spaced bearing points defining a rearwardly inclined axis so that the force of gravity upon said weight will cause both members to oscillate in unison about said horizontal pivot means to supply the sleeping movement when the assembly is moved from an upright to a horizontal position and the same weight will cause the eyeball member to oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member from a predetermined centralized position for the rolling movement when the assembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position, and means disposed at the lower one of said bearing points for centering said eyeball member with respect to said eyelid member at said predetermined position comprising a pair of complementary interen-gaging surfaces on said eyeball and eyelid members respectively, provided with laterally spaced pivots, the eyeball member oscillating laterally with respect to said eyelid member in one direction about one of said pivots and in the opposite direction about the other of said pivots.

4. A dolls eye assembly of the sleeping-rolling type comprising an eyelid member, and "an eyeball member having lens structure including an iris and pupil, the

front peripheral surfaces of said members having substantially the same radius of curvature and defining a substantially continuous spherical surface broken by a split line Where the two members abut each other, horizontal pivot means for said eyelid member, said eyeball member being provided with a weight, means interconnecting said members for pivotal movement about vertically spaced bearing points defining a rearwardly inclined axis so that the force of gravity upon said weight will cause both members to oscillate in unison about said horizontal pivot means to supply the sleeping movement when the assembly is moved from an upright to a horizontal position and the same weight will cause the eyeball member to oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member from a predetermined centralized position for the rolling movement when the assembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position, and means disposed at the lower one of said bearing points for centering said eyeball member with respect to said eyelid member at said predetermined position comprising a pair of complementary interengaging surfaces on said eyeball and eyelid members, respectively, provided with laterally spaced pivots, the eyeball member oscillating laterally with respect to said eyelid member in one direction about one of said pivots and in the opposite direction about the other of said pivots, said bearing points being constituted by trunnions provided on said eyelid member, said eyeball member having a bearing opening at the lower end thereof and a mounting bracket at the upper end thereof provided with a bearing opening, said trunnions being received in said bearing openings.

5. A dolls eye asembly of the sleeping-rolling type comprising an eyelid member, and an eyeball member having lens structure including an iris and pupil, the front peripheral surfaces of said members having substantially the same radius of curvature and defining a substantially continuous spherical surface broken by a split line where the two members abut each other, horizontal pivot means for said eyelid member, said eyeball member being provided with a weight, means interconnecting said members for pivotal movement about vertically spaced bearing points defining a rearwardly inclined axis so that the force of gravity upon said Weight will cause both members to oscillate in unison about said horizontal pivot means to supply the sleeping movement when the assembly is moved from an upright to a horizontal position and the same weight will cause the eyeball member to oscillate laterally with respect to the eyelid member from a predetermined centralized position for the rolling movement when the assembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position, and means disposed at one of said bearing points for centering said eyeball member with respect to said eyelid member at said predetermined position, said bearing points being constituted by trunnions provided on said eyelid member, said eyeball member having a bearing opening at the lower end thereof and a mounting bracket at the upper end thereof provided with a bearing opening, said trunnions being received in said bearing openings, said centering means comprising complementary interengaging surfaces on one of said trunnions and its companion bearing opening of said eyeball member provided with laterally spaced pivots, the eyeball member oscillating laterally with respect to said eyelid member in one direction about one of said pivots and in the opposite direction about the other of said pivots.

6. A dolls eye assembly of the rolling type, comprising an eyeball provided with a weight, said eyeball having pivot means so that the force of gravity upon said weight will cause said eyeball to oscillate laterally from a predetermined centralized position for the rolling movement when the assembly is tilted sidewardly from an upright position, said pivot means being constituted by vertically spaced bearings defining a rearwardly inclined axis, each bearing comprising a support and an eyeball part pivotally mounted in said support, and means disposed at one of said bearings for centering said eyeball at said predetermined position comprising a pair of complementary interengaging surfaces on the eyeball part and on the bearing support at said one of said bearings having laterally spaced pivots, the eyeball oscillating laterally in one direction about one of said pivots and in the opposite direction about the other of said pivots.

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